Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packing Sourcer

Winter 2010

At the cutting edge of the latest industry developments, Samedan is adept at keeping the information you need at your fingertips. PMPS provides a unique platform of communication for the market across Europe, North America and the rest of the developed world. To find out what's hot in the world of pharmaceuticals, take a look below at the range of articles featured in this issue of PMPS.

Chris Drysdale at Pfaudler-Balfour outlines the benefits of validating crystallisation equipment using 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, and examines how the right impellers can be selected

Cool Chain, Cargo & Logistics

Russell Atkinson of Movianto UK discusses the logistical challenges in the storage and distribution of life-saving vaccines

Erika Oudin at Sofrigam introduces project specifications, the partnership link between supplier and customer, and a guarantee of quality in cold chain operations

Drug Delivery

Douglas Stout and Vinod Vilivalam at West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc investigate plastic prefilled syringes, finding that they are a better fit for auto-injector systems

Carsten Olbrich at Bayer Schering Pharma looks at the history of biologic therapies, and examines how the latest technologies seek to enhance administration of this class of drug

James Song, Lei Zhang and Gang Ren at the University of California, San Francisco investigate the role of individual particle electron tomography as a novel tool for examining the structure of synthetic targeted drug delivery vehicles

Josef Bossart of Pharmanumbers LLC discusses the development of drug delivery enabled/enhanced pharmaceuticals

David Howard of the International Authentication Association (IAA) looks at the growing threat to the safety and security of some of our most common pharmaceuticals, and global efforts to protect products and brands

Gerald Heddell at the MHRA gives a UK regulator’s perspective on the fight against fakes

Formulations, Ingredients and Excipients

Stuart A Jones and Manan Kalia at the Pharmaceutical Science Division of King’s College London examine the development of inhaled drug delivery systems, and suggest that a paradigm shift is required in approaches to formulation

MANUFACTURING

Romualdo Salcedo at Advanced Cyclone Systems and Júlio Paiva at the University of Porto explain efficient cyclone systems for fine particle collection in the pharmaceutical industry

PACKING, PACKAGING & ANTI-COUNTERFEITING

Sergej Toedtli at Vesdo Ltd looks at the implementation of product piracy protection infrastructures in large companies

Thierry Protas at Arjowiggins Security explains how best to follow EFPIA recommendations to ensure the safety of sensitive or high-value products

The pharmaceutical market presents many challenges for suppliers of packs, packaging and processing equipment. Nevertheless, these companies are continuing to focus on innovations and enhancements, says Ian Crawford from the Total Processing & Packaging 2010 exhibition

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Join the calendar event highlight for the
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exhibition on Pre-Filled Syringes when it returns to Central London on 17th and
18th January 2018. Pre-Filled Syringes Europe will once again provide a perfect
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